Israeli sources said Israel had agreed to the truce but would not lift its blockade on the Palestinian territory, a condition earlier set by Hamas. Al Jazeera’s Peter Greste, reporting from Cairo, stressed that “the devil is in the details” of the agreement. “It will be the details that will determine whether this is just a pause in hostilities … or something that leads to a lasting solution,” he said, adding that Egypt had played an “absolutely crucial” role in sealing the deal. Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu agreed to “give a chance” to the ceasefire, a statement from his office said.

A tweet reax:

Hillary should get the Nobel Prize for negotiating ceasefire between Bibi and Barak. — Jeffrey Goldberg (@JeffreyGoldberg) November 21, 2012

President Obama told Netanyahu the US would intensify efforts to help Israel address the smuggling of weapons and explosives into Gaza.